Beaver Dam has yet to put a famous person on the list
Gary has the most of any town in Indiana: 68. After Gary, the next longest list in Indiana is Muncie’s, with 68. 408 towns in Indiana have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Beaver Dam), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Beaver Dam has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Beaver Dam and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.